book quiz

[bobobalde111]

this charismatic fictional novelist thinks he's modelled on a cross between mailer , updike and bellow and other literary titans

can anyone identify character author and book from this clue

[Lie-in King]

Hi! I don't know if this page is of any help?

http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0201/updik e/review.html

A brief extract - "...he is modeled after a number of obvious figures, Mailer, Bellow, Singer, Malamud, Roth, Heller, even Kerouac, Sallinger, and Updike himself."

Good luck!